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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 3introductionTwo new networks have emerged on the social media landscape, demanding the attention of marketers. Google+, with more than100 million active users, and Pinterest, now the third most-popular social network in the U.S., are competing for wide adoption andluring businesses that want to keep up with the new hangout spots of their audiences. +100 #3 most million popular active social users network in U.S.Both Google+ and Pinterest take time to figure out from a marketing standpoint. So how do you decide which one of the twoplatforms is really worth your time and efforts? In this deep dive we provide you with a breakdown of the pros and cons of each socialnetwork. The side-by-side comparison should help you prioritize which channel to pursue as part of your internet marketing strategy.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 4Google+Google+ is a social network that allows users andbrands to share status updates, links, images, andvideos. Users can comment, share, and support(+1) these interactions. Here are some of themarketing advantages Google+ offers: +advantages of Google+ for marketing 1 Google+ Circles & The Importance of targetingCircles, a key Google+ feature, allows for better targeting. You likely have severalbuyer personas and know that each of them needs different pieces of your marketingcontent. Circles enables you to do exactly such segmentation by sending updatesto select groups of followers, e.g., “friends,” “marketing professionals,” etc. Suchcontent targeting results in high click-through rates and an engaged social following.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 5Segmentation plays a crucial role not only in socialmedia communication, but also across various marketinginitiatives. In MarketingSherpa’s 2012 email marketingbenchmark survey respondents ranked segmentationthe second most effective tactic (right after the ability toautomatically send email based on triggers). Behavior- U Udriven segmentation is a sophisticated marketing tactic thatyields scalable results. Consider nurturing different targetgroups based on their conversion event on your website(what information they were interested in). Find out how you M Mcan do that with HubSpot’s all-in-one marketing software. 2 Google+ and the benefits of searchPerhaps the best argument for getting started on Google+ is its integration into search results. Google+ status updates and contentpeople have endorsed with +1 now appear in the organic search engine results on Google.com. So whether you simply have a +1button on your blog or you’re actively publishing content to Google+, your content has a much greater chance of dominating searchresults than it did before your participation in Google+. To learn more about how you can use Google+ for business, check out ourcomprehensive ebook.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 6Add the Google +1 button to your website and blog so that people caneasily share your content with their friends, and help your pages rankbetter. You’ll also benefit from increased traffic: as our research shows,websites using the +1 buttongenerate 3.5x the Google+ visitsthan sites without the buttonAlso, think about your overall keyword strategy and how to best exercise it on your Google+ page. To make sure your business pageshows up for searches on keywords for which you want to rank, maintain a regularly updated Google+ business page and optimizeyour updates with those keywords.HubSpot customers have the option toadd the Google +1 button to their blogposts and website pages. See how thatmight look like for your website in yourcustom demo of the HubSpot software.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 7 -disadvantages of Google+ for marketingDespite the marketing opportunities Google+ presents, it is also a source of newchallenges for businesses. As companies are making sense of the social network,they are exposing some of its major weaknesses from a marketing standpoint: 1 general confusionPeople still find Google+ confusing. Internet users are facing a number of questions:? What’s the difference between posting to Google+ and just +1’ing content?? If I do either of them, does it mean I show up in search?? How can I use Google+ to share content without making it indexable in search?These are all valid concerns that our audiences face. The intricacies of Google+ are creating a barrier toentry for users because if they don’t get it, they won’t use it.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 8 2 Lack of clear value propositioneMarketer reports that in Januaryusers spent an average of just 3.3minutes on Google+ (compared to nearly8 hours on Facebook.com and nearly 100minutes on Pinterest).So Google+ might brag about its userbase of more than 100 millionactive users but those users aren’t actually spending much time onthe site. Do then marketers want to spend time on a social networktheir audiences aren’t using?To provide the same kind of value for its users as Facebook and Pinterest do, Google+needs to provide a unique value proposition. Until it can differentiate itself further, it’snot likely users will spend more than a few minutes a month on there.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 9pinterestSince the fall of 2011, Pinterest has been extensivelycovered in both mainstream and marketing blogs andpublications for its rapid growth and wide adoption.It’s a visual social network for “pinning” images orvideos to users’ own or others’ pinboards (collectionsof ‘pins,’ usually with a common theme). Here aresome of Pinterest’s key strengths for marketing: +advantages of pinterest for marketing 1 rapid growthAs of February 2012, Pinterest had 10.4 million users. Not only is its reach growing,but the average amount of time spent on the site per visitor was 97.8 minutes.These stats show that the site is sticky, providing significant value to its users sothey’re willing to set aside a large chunk of their day to spend on it. If those metricscontinue to go up, it’s an indication that Pinterest is not just a passing fad.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 10 2 ease of sharing contentPinterest has also made it very easy to share content on the web. The platform prompts users to download a pinmarklet (a Pinteresttoolbar bookmarklet) that allows them to pin any content they find on the web to share it. No copying and pasting links or switchingbetween tabs and browsers. If you offer interesting visual content – infographics, cartoons, videos, etc. – Pinterest just made iteasier for that content to be disseminated by your readers to a brand new audience. 3 highly visualWhich brings us to one of the best parts about Pinterest: it’s animage-driven site. Study after study show that people love browsingthrough images online. In fact, images and videos are the most sharedcontent on Facebook, with over 250 million photos uploaded eachday. If you’re a product-driven business, sharing beautiful images ofyour products on Pinterest is a simple way to leverage the tremendouspower of visuals on a booming social network that is dedicated solelyto sharing remarkable images. Here is an example of an infographicHubSpot shared on one of our pinboards:www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 11 -disadvantages of pinterest for marketingSimilar to Google+, Pinterest poses some challenges to marketers.Businesses are seeking to take advantage of this new visual network butthey have a hard time incorporating it in their existing marketing tactics.Here are some of Pinterest’s key weaknesses from a marketing standpoint: 1 visual elements can be limitingOne of Pinterest’s biggest strengths, its emphasis on visual content, is also one of its biggest weaknesses for some businesses.Frankly, most people think of Pinterest as a place to look at things like clothes, hairstyles, furniture, crafts, and other visuallystimulating images. If you’re not a B2C or product-oriented business, it seems like a stretch to find a use for Pinterest.That’s not to say you can’t be successful on Pinterest; HubSpot got creative and combined pinboards of our visual content, likeinfographics, ebook covers, and inbound marketing graphs. If you are looking for advice on what visuals to create and pin, check outour ebook “How to Use Pinterest for Business.”www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 12 2 lack of dedicated brand pagesGoogle+, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn all eventually created spaces specifically for businesses. Pinterest doesn’t offersuch a space. The challenge marketers face on Pinterest is figuring out how to market without seeming like marketing. How do youcreate visual content that’s so cool that people won’t care it’s also driving referral traffic and inbound links to your website?You should always be monitoring the referrals that Pinterest sends to your pages. Many businesses, HubSpot included, have alreadyreported that they got more traffic from Pinterest than some other social networks like Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn. Evaluate if that istrue for your organization by looking at your marketing analytics. Here is a screenshot of how that view might look like if you use theHubSpot software. The data below is fake but it gives you a good sense of the type of information you should be able to access: Get a personal demo of HubSpot’s software to see how this data might look like for your business. Start tracking the ROI of your different marketing channels, social media included.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 13Two of the 63% of Google+ Most pins are 83% ofbiggest user users are men, about design, pinterestgroups on who tend to fashion & users areGoogle+ post about home decor females,are college technology 18-34students &softwaredeveloperswww.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 14when to choose google+? if don’t have much time tThere is no rule against posting the same content on multiple social networks, e.g. Twitter, Facebookand Google+. (Pinterest, on the other hand, isn’t as universally accepting to content due to its visualcharacter.) If the only time you have to give, at this stage in the game, is sharing links to written content,Google+ is much more appropriate for you than Pinterest. if your target demographic is male [As we have already established, Google+ users are largely men. If you look into your buyer persona andsee that your ideal audience is primarily men, then you should consider spending more time on Google+to appeal to that segment. if You care about organic searchIn his 2012 update Google’s CEO Larry Page touched upon the concept of next generation search, inwhich Google+ will play an increasing role. The connections you have on Google+ will impact the searchresults people see when they search for industry-specific keywords and how they consume information.Stay ahead of this next generation search game by building your presence on Google+. swww.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 15when to choose pinterest? if you can invest the time $Pinterest has the opportunity to be extremely valuable for retail businesses, or anyone who sells anaesthetic-centered service--hairdressers, for example. Yet it can also offer a lot of value to businessesthat are willing to put in the time to create visually stimulating content. If you ‘pin’ boring images, they arenot going to perform well on Pinterest, so if you want to tackle this network, you’ve to invest the time. if your target demographic is femaleAs opposed to Google+, Pinterest users are largely female. So if the key decision makes in your marketare women, you should focus on Pinterest to appeal to this segment. Don’t forget that Pinterest usersspend a lot of time on the site, so you have a good chance of engaging with them there. if You care about referralsAs we already mentioned, many businesses report that Pinterest has become a bigger source ofreferrals for their sites than Google+. Increasing the volume of traffic you get is great but make sure youuse marketing analytics to track the quality of that traffic (by looking at visitor-to-lead and even lead-to-customer conversion rates). Learn more about this type of closed-loop reporting in a free inbound Ymarketing assessment with HubSpot’s experts.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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deep dive into google+ VS pinterest 16before you jump in, ask yourself these questions:? Does your business’ target audience have a heavy skew in one industry, job type, or gender? If so, this data may be key in deciding whether it’s worth your time to pursue marketing on Google+ or Pinterest. Do you have budget to allow someone on your team (or hire someone externally) to spend more time on social media? marketing? If you don’t have the budget or the time at this point, focus on the low-hanging fruit: maintaining your existing social channels and reusing content when possible. Are you equipped with marketing software that enables you to do closed-loop reporting? If not, you won’t know how? much of the traffic your are getting from Google+ and Pinterest converts into leads and customers. You might easily get confused by focusing on the quantity of the traffic when you don’t have any insights into its quality. Make sense of closed-loop marketing and how to integrate Google+ or Pinterest with the rest of your marketing. Sign up for HubSpot’s 30-day free trial to learn at your own pace.www.Hubspot.com share ebook

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integrate social track the roimedia in your of google+ andmarketing pinterestDon’t let social media live in a silo Not sure if Google+ or Pinterestfrom the rest of your marketing. are worth your time and ongoingIntegrate it with all other assets you request a demo investment? Make up your mindare using to optimize your efforts using real data by tracking the ROI of ...to learn how the HubSpot all-in-oneand get better results. marketing software can help you your marketing channels. with these tasks. U Lead Generation gs Lead management Search optimization q Y M blogging & social media Marketing analytics Email & Automation